US Supreme Court Dismisses Lawsuit Against Cisco Systems Over Alleged Role in China’s Falun Gong Crackdown
The US Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit against Cisco Systems over allegations that the company’s technology was used to aid China’s crackdown on the Falun Gong spiritual movement. The lawsuit, filed in 2011, claimed that Cisco had customized its products to help the Chinese government monitor and persecute Falun Gong practitioners. The decision brings an end to a long-standing case that had sparked a wider debate about the responsibility of technology companies to prevent human rights abuses.